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US airlines cancel over 1,000 flights for a second straight day largely due to government shutdown

By JOHN SEEWER
Nov 08, 2025 3:36 pm - U.S. airlines again canceled more than 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce air traffic because of the government shutdown.So far, the slowdown at many of the nation’s busiest airports hasn’t caused widespread disruptions. But it has deepened the impact felt by the what is now the nation’s longest federal shutdown.
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

By MALCOLM RITTER
Nov 08, 2025 3:15 pm - James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crime-fighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97.
Trump pardons former Mets great Darryl Strawberry, 3 others

Nov 07, 2025 7:36 pm - President Donald Trump pardoned four people on Friday, including former New York Mets outfielder Darryl Strawberry.
Chicago mayor implores U.N. body to investigate ‘abusive’ immigration campaign

By Tobi Raji
Nov 07, 2025 7:05 pm - The mayor of Chicago on Friday invited a panel of independent United Nations experts to examine what he called the federal government’s “abusive immigration crackdowns” in the nation’s third-largest city.
Republicans swat down Democratic offer to end shutdown as impasse continues into 38th day

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING
Nov 07, 2025 7:01 pm - Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as the partisan impasse over the shutdown continued into its 38th day.
US travelers scramble to adjust as airlines cut 1,000 flights because of shutdown

By JOSH FUNK and RIO YAMAT
Nov 07, 2025 4:24 pm - Anxious travelers across the U.S. felt a bit of relief Friday as airlines mostly stayed on schedule while cutting more than 1,000 flights because of the government shutdown.
Indiana woman killed after arriving at wrong address to clean, police say

By Victoria Craw
Nov 07, 2025 3:34 pm - A woman was shot dead after she arrived at the wrong address for a cleaning job, police in Whitestown, Indiana, said.
Israeli jets strike southern Lebanon towns, escalating near-daily attacks

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ABBY SEWELL
Nov 07, 2025 3:31 pm - Israeli jets struck several towns in southern Lebanon on Thursday after urging residents to leave, marking an escalation in their near-daily strikes on the country.The airstrikes came hours after militant group Hezbollah urged the Lebanese government not to enter negotiations with Israel.
Supreme Court weighs long shot appeal to overturn decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide

By MARK SHERMAN
Nov 07, 2025 3:25 pm - A call to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide is on the agenda Friday for the justices' closed-door conference.Among the new cases the justices are expected to consider is a longshot appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

By DAVID A. LIEB, MICHAEL CASEY and SCOTT BAUER
Nov 07, 2025 9:37 am - President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.

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